Youth-led arts festival in Morecambe to champion message of hope

Music, creativity and climate action will come together at a youth-led community festival in Morecambe.

The Three Degrees Festival on Saturday June 27 is a vibrant free community celebration in Morecambe’s West End.

Building on the success of its first year, the free festival will transform More Music and the neighbouring Alexandra Square into a lively hub of music, art, storytelling and hands-on workshops for all. 

Produced with More Music’s young producers, the Eco Collective, the festival champions a message of hope in the face of climate change and how small,connected actions by all of us can ripple outward to make a meaningful difference.

“This festival is a brilliant example of what happens when a community festival combines creativity with conversations about climate action," said Marianne Barraclough, Executive Director at the Morecambe-based music charity, More Music.

"It’s vibrant, imaginative and full of hope; a space where people of all ages can connect, learn and be inspired to take positive steps together.

"This festival, co-created with young people, explores what climate change means for people on an individual level, then looks at the collective steps we can take to make a difference.

"Empowering our Eco Collective to steer this festival gives them real event experience as well as amplifying their voice. And the best thing is that this is done through a joyous celebration of music, art, food and making. All free and all welcome!”

There will be four festival areas in and around More Music including Curlew Cove, which will feature live music performances from local and regional artists alongside young musicians from More Music’s Bay Youth Voices, Unique Beatz, Sing It Out and Stages plus collaborations with West End and Sandylands Primary Schools and The Loyne, Bleasdale and Morecambe Road schools.

Inside More Music’s building will be a new photography exhibition created by young people from Assembly Arts plus an exciting interactive electronic music and video installation created by sound artist David Shooter working with young musician Liam Cook from Eco Collective.

Ragtime Reef will be home to a spoken word and music performance space surrounded with locally sourced sustainable food, and creative workshops with Eden Project Morecambe, poetry with Tenderfoot Theatre, mini-loom weaving with Lancaster Maker Space, composting with Closing Loops/Food Futures and the GoVelo smoothie bubble bike!

Plus, audiences can enjoy live music from Folk O’Lune, On The Beat and Seagull Café.

Over in Octopus Garden people can try their hand at badgemaking, rope making for bookmarks and bracelets and Hirameki artwork.

There will be musical fun for under fives and their families with the Walking Down The Street Gamelan; live music from Baybeat Streetband, Jubacana and Folk O’Lune, and a specially commissioned debut performance from Ludus Dance. 

The Three Degrees Festival is made possible through the support of Closing Loops Pots Of Possibility, The Granada Foundation, Lancashire County Council, a crowdfunding campaign, Youth Music, Lancashire Music Hub and Francis Scott Trust. More Music is supported by Arts Council England, Lancaster City Council and Garfield Weston Foundation